Waiting room

Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune

Senior Advisor, David Axelrod, Jim Messina, deputy chief of staff, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel wait outside the Oval Office in the White House to meet with the president.

Senior Advisor, David Axelrod, Jim Messina, deputy chief of staff, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel wait outside the Oval Office in the White House to meet with the president. (Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune)

Senior Advisor, David Axelrod, Jim Messina, deputy chief of staff, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel wait outside the Oval Office in the White House to meet with the president.